USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards, 2025-2028
The official B through AAAA ladder, for every single age in yards, short course meters and long course meters. The table below starts with girls age 10 in yards; use the buttons under it to switch to your swimmer.
| Standard | 50 Free | 100 Free | 200 Free | 500 Free | 100 Back | 100 Breast | 100 Fly | 200 IM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 39.89 | 1:30.89 | 3:22.79 | 8:37.39 | 1:45.79 | 2:00.29 | 1:56.69 | 3:42.99 |
| BB | 36.09 | 1:21.19 | 3:00.59 | 7:45.69 | 1:33.99 | 1:46.89 | 1:41.39 | 3:19.59 |
| A | 32.19 | 1:11.49 | 2:38.39 | 6:53.89 | 1:22.29 | 1:33.59 | 1:26.09 | 2:56.19 |
| AA | 30.89 | 1:08.29 | 2:30.99 | 6:36.69 | 1:18.39 | 1:29.09 | 1:20.99 | 2:48.39 |
| AAA | 29.69 | 1:05.09 | 2:23.59 | 6:19.39 | 1:14.49 | 1:24.69 | 1:15.99 | 2:40.69 |
| AAAA | 28.39 | 1:01.89 | 2:16.19 | 6:02.19 | 1:10.59 | 1:20.19 | 1:10.89 | 2:32.89 |
Times shown as mm:ss.hh, or seconds where under a minute. These are the official USA Swimming motivational standards for the 2025-2028 quad. They are not qualifying times for any particular meet, which your LSC sets separately.
How to read the ladder
Six letters, one direction: B is the entry standard, then BB, A, AA, AAA, and AAAA at the top. The times are set nationally by USA Swimming for the full 2025-2028 quad, so a AAA in Texas is the same time as a AAA in Maine. Each single age from 10 to 18 has its own table in all three courses — yards for most of the school-year season, short course meters, and long course meters for summer. Pick your swimmer's age above; every page here is the official table, reformatted so you don't have to scroll a PDF.
What these standards are for
Motivational standards give a swimmer a ladder to climb that does not depend on who else showed up to the meet. Hitting the next letter is progress you can measure even in a season where the placings do not go your way. They are set nationally by USA Swimming for the four-year quad, so the same B or AAA means the same time everywhere in the country.
Comparing across courses
If your swimmer's time is in a different course than the table you are reading, convert it with our course converter first. The conventional conversion factors are noticeably off for age-group swimmers, especially in breaststroke, backstroke and the distance events, where they can run several seconds optimistic.
Standards reproduced from USA Swimming's published 2025-2028 tables for reference. Always confirm against the official document before entering a meet.